1991-1995 began and ran a college counseling practice, College Preparation Assistance in Valencia, CA

1995-2000 Campus Counselor, Greenville College

Received the Outstanding Education Major award during Senior year at Asbury College (1984)

Member of Alpha Sigma Nu, a Jesuit Honor Society

Awarded a Saint Louis University Dissertation Fellowship and the Mary Louise Adams Dissertation Fellowship for the 2003-2004 academic year (the latter was awarded to the woman graduate student with the best dissertation proposal at SLU).